John Tyndall
1820 – 1893 · aged 73
Irish physicist (1820–1893)
- Born
- 2 Aug 1820 · Leighlinbridge
- Died
- 4 Dec 1893 · Haslemere
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- 2 Aug 1820BornBorn in Leighlinbridge
- 1853AwardRoyal Medal
- 1864AwardRumford Medal
- 1867AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
- 1881AwardRoyal Society Bakerian Medal
- 1886AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 4 Dec 1893DiedDied in Haslemere
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
John Tyndall (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was an Irish physicist. His scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859.
Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1868.
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